A summary of Rev. Halifax’s second visit to the International Buddhist Exchange Center of the Kodo Kyodan Buddhist Fellowship in Yokohama, Japan, 2019. Rev. Halifax offered teachings drawn from her newest book ‘Standing at the Edge’ exploring how ‘edge states’ such as altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, engagement and compassion are essential emotional qualities for religious caregivers to develop in order to meet persistent suffering with transformative resilience.